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A61642 Freedome. Or, The description of the excellent civill government of the island of Jersey published by James Stocall Esq; Collonel of a regiment of the trained bands of the said island, consisting of 1500 men. Under the government of the honorable Colonel Heane governour thereof, for the service of the Commonwealth of England. Stocall, James. 1652 (1652) Wing S5691A; ESTC R222041 7,464 19

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Freedome OR The Description of the Excellent Civill Government of the Island of JERSEY PUBLISHED By James Stocall Esq Collonel of a Regiment of the Trained Bands of the said Island consisting of 1500 men Under the Government of the Honorable Collonel Heane Governour thereof for the service of the Commonwealth of England London Printed for Robert Ibbitson 1652. To the Right Honourable Lieutenant Gen. Fleetwood Noble Lieut. Generall SUch great multitudes of men are daily importuning you with their implorations of Your favour and assistance that I still judge it more expedient and lesse troublesome to present mine in writing to your Honours to waite as I desire this description of the Civill Government of Jersey may doe for your best opportunity of consideration thereof Truly Sir now it hath pleased the Lord to bring me safe againe here from the reduction of that Isle I have thought it a part of my duty having been bold to promise it you heretofore and having found you so cordiall to bring that to passe so ready diligent and compassionate to help our poore Country-men out of their eight yeares exile and generally all the people of that place out of a most Tyrannicall bondage All which your Noble deeds are well knowne there For your Heroicall Actions every where for the Common-wealth have made your care of Mercy and Justice so highly famous that it begat in the poore Islanders strong hopes of your mediation towards the Parliament for the Patronization of their hitherto since the Divine Common-wealth of Israel unparalleld Freedome Michael Lempriere Esquire the Bailly of that Jurisdiction did lately send an Accompt of the said Government to the Parliament also particularly the same to the Counsell of State and to my Lord Generall but while he was intending one for your Honour the sad newes of the decease of your Noble and most Christianly vertuous Lady did cause him to forbeare judging it unfit to adde then trouble to your trouble by any importunity I must acknowledge the same consideration hath made me so much backward from presenting my selfe before you since my arrivall not any forgetfulnesse of the respects I doe owe to your Honour It is true you were at first in the Country yet now that I hope the Lord hath been pleased to begin to stirre up againe in your heart the power of that holy Spirit called the Comforter to moderate your just sorrow in a measure according to his will and that the publique good of my Country calleth upon my Conscience I must infringe somewhat the rules of Civility and importune you with these Lines which are abrupt because my particular Obligations could not let me be free from sadnesse when all honest people suffer a losse whereof you suffer the immediate affliction In this Description which is not different from that sent by the said Bailly but only in few things which he for brevitie sake omitted and I have added it being true that the true description of a thing must be like the same thing it selfe you will see a great excellence of Government in respect of all other Governments practised since the Common-wealth of Israel First because the People doth freely use to chuse and elect all their Officers except very few which were some at the Kings others at the Baillys denomination Secondly Because the Sufferers can procure the execution of our Lawes against any one that wrongeth them at very small expences and indeed ordinarily for nothing the Guilty being alwayes sentenced to all the Charges and Dammages he hath caused Thirdly Because the way and meanes to prosecute Justice in that Island is plaine common and easie full of Humanity Gravity and Civility and short without Circulations from Pilate to Herodes and from Herodes to Pilate back againe All in the naturall Language of the Inhabitants neverthelesse very Majesticall consequently terrible as much as possible to Evill-doers and comfortable to the lovers of Righteousnesse the true use of the sword of Magistracy Fourthly because there is a sufficiency of Officers to doe all Functions requisite for the procuration propagation and preservation of the publicke good not onely in necessaries but in contingencies also and that so prudently that every Parish being divided into convenient Divisions hath in each at least an Officer which over-seeth it and keepeth the wicked in awe so that no Vagabond or idle Fellow can be lurking any where to commit vices and not be taken notice of presently and prevented or apprehended the poore and the sicke visited constantly and taken care of by due distributions from the Treasure of the Parish and otherwise By this meanes also all Orders and Ordinances of the Magistrate Civill and Military are ordinarily published and made knowne to the people with much ease and without charges to the State at their very houses which may be done in few houres all over the Country although there is used also a generall way of Proclamations at the Market place in open Market time and on Sundaies immediately after Sermon in their Parochiall Assemblies so that in three houres all the people useth to be in a Body under their Armes for their defence After notice given so orderly none can plead cause of ignorance Collections and Leavies of Men or other things whatsoever are by this meanes presently done without charges to the State A good distribution is necessary to governe well Fifthly Because the Lawes used in the said Government are very few but sufficient distinct cleare short in Maximes or Sentences knowne of the very poore silly Women most of them very excellent Those that are not so may be abrogated for future time and better ones made in their roome Lastly No false Bargaines Sales or Cheating conveyances can be made in that Government Pray read it compare it with all others and I am confident you will esteeme it worthy the consideration of every good Common-wealths-man and pardon freely SIR Your very much obliged and sincere humble Servant JAMES STOCALL London March 1. 1651. THE Description of the excellent Civill Government of the Island of JERSEY THe Island of Jersey is divided in twelve Parishes every one of those sub-divided into severall Divisions called Vingtaines In each Parish there is a Constable a Centurion which is as the Constables Deputy as many Vingteniers as there are Vingtaines who are subordinate Officers to the Constables to execute those Warrants which are sent them by him who receives them first either from the Governor or Bailly There are besides those other Officers called Sermentez or Jurors to make up the number of Twelve with the Vingteniers in each Parish Those Twelve with the Constable make up a petty Jury to indite or free criminals when they first present them in Court The Constable and these Officers have power to search out and seise all manner of Malefactors whatsoever every one in his Parish and present them to the Bailly and Justices to receive condigne punishment There are also two Procurors or Atturneys